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The USDA said last week there are a variety of reasons that this year's net cash farm income is expected to increase $24.7 billion. One help for the farmer's bottom line, this year's $5 billion dollar drop in farm production expenses. USDA's Chief Economist, Rob Johannson, added farmers farmers paid pay higher amounts for some items in 2020 ...

The USDA recently released a study on farmland transition practices, and it could indicate challenges for beginning farmers.   USDA Economist Dan Bigelow said 80 percent of all rented farmland is owned by non-farm owners who often have worked for a long time with their tenants.  ...

A new report from Rabobank says land rent values must decline for U.S. agriculture commodity production activity to remain economically viable.  The report explores the impact of low commodity prices on land values and rent prices.  Rabobank says from 2006 to 2013, significant increases in commodity prices, due to surging demand, signaled the need for more land to be converted to row crop producti